RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- The number of people in the ranks of the unemployed in Brazil grew to 12.9 million in August, an increase of 27.6 percent compared to May, when 10.1 million Brazilians were jobless, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said on Wednesday.
According to the agency's latest report, unemployment in August rose by 600,000 people compared to July, an increase of 0.5 percentage points.
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